Tappet



(3st. 9, 1923. IAZUAHZ M. M. WILCOX TAPPET 'uriginal Fild Sept. 19, 1919IN I INVENTOR ATTORNEY Glee I aceJ JUAN, n

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Total? 'wiwm e'tmag cmwem Be ie'hnown that l, Mmmm M. Wzmex, am 01mm 01%the ljhited States residing at Segielfifiin the wimty cf heginew endSieeeef Michigan, have invented. certain new we ueeful Impmvements inTeppete; and, I de hereby declare the following; t0 he 131111,C1'Bfllf,,lnd exact description ef the invention, siieh as will enableothers skilled in the em be which it eppermihs tc meke and use the same.

This invention relates is velve-ectueting tep'peis for internalcombustion engines, and pertains more particularly to 06mm novel.feaeureeof censtruction embeclied in e valve tappet es" 221 new ax'ticleof manufacture. liiflmlffiliy 1 am enabled to produce an era.-ceptienally'light belt strong teppefi with en enlarged base of very heedmet-e1 such ..ceseherdened steel is Contact with the engine cam, and eninternally threaded plug iii the opposite end of the steppet to receivethe belt 0r othex edjustelale device that coniects with the stem of thevalve.

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The arrangement of pet-i5 in my improved eeppet censizmcticn is suchthat they can be easily, quickly and accurately assembled. and theindividual penis can be manufactured small east end by automaticmechinee of seendm d construction, insuring uniformity of size and shapeand Weight.

With the foregoing and certain ether eh jects in View, which Willeppcarlater in the specification, my invention comprisee ihe devices (lscribed encl claimed, and the equivalents lhereof.

My invention is illustrated in the eccompenying chewing, showing pertlengitudinel sectional View of a, teppei emhc-ciying my impmvement v Asis cleanly shown in the clmwing the teppet consists of a shell or boclyll preferenly comprising; a solid bar 0'1": mete]. fez-mall with alongitudinal bore ezizei'lcling from; one end of the teppet, toward theoiher the more being of lesser length the length of the body, wherebyan. integzfel ole sure is left e't one emi 0f the body, part of thebcdywhieh is bored being the Llemn of e thin-Walled "mine.

Secured t0 the either end of the 1 if head 2 formerl of eeper'ete pieeeheehti'eeeefl meal hardened.

v boring is (in m mpplicaizleiz place er by swag-111 ce elescrihed in myc0- pending ep hcehe 2 rial he. m

which the hmeciex .1 we head and In fermingz (he tappei; lhe body 1 isfirst made by (Milli-y te the lcn sgiludinel hare, ieeving iihe i clcsmeand the closure': then drill hipped, as at 5, l0 reeeive a boll/ 5ml :1,against which the Valve stem (ZOYlliilClTe in eeticm. The shank cf theh": cl i3 is here of the lam ez'ehly by spot i The use of an 52 makes isure and hellcv: 5;

ie lfcm bed and h preducech carded bet-J2":-

, 1 ceeei l u a piece being c? memh may he cliexling, evezclmgz the he-"I; teppeh, es .alehed base clepenc em;

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